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Community gardeners and health advocates were among those who dined at the Forsyth Cooperative Extension on Monday, April 7 at the Forsyth County Food Consortium’s first community-wide potluck dinner. “A Moveable Feast” featured a spread of...

Whenever there is a steady series of public questions being raised about the “power” of Black Americans, you should always first consider the motive and purpose of the questions. Such was the case recently when Richard Prince wrote a column,...

(pictured above: Dr. Vincent Harding in conversation last week.) Wake Forest University invited author and civil rights legend Dr. Vincent Harding to campus last week to share pearls of wisdom from his days as a foot soldier in the Civil Rights...

If Gov. Pat McCrory and his boyz in the General Assembly truly weren’t paying attention before, Saturday’s colossal protest march should awaken this clueless cabal. A call put out by the North Carolina NAACP to stand up to regressive Republican...

(pictured above: Ben Jealous delivers his address.) Like a plane that is rapidly losing altitude, America will fall if her people do not learn to embrace equality, according to former NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous. “There really is, at...

About Jimmy L. Boyd “Bridging the Gap to a Better Community” needs to take place to improve the quality of life in our community and city. As a Public Servant, I have always stood on the side of equality and justice for all. My first endeavor is...

Remembering Mandela To the Editor: During my Bishop College days, I first heard of apartheid and the Free Nelson Mandela movement that was beginning to gain momentum. In 1981, during a chapel service, Rev. Jesse Jackson discussed the atrocities...

There is no rest for the weary as the N.C. NAACP reignites its Moral Monday movement to remind the Republican governor and GOP-controlled General Assembly that their brand of lawmaking is not only amoral but unholy. The protests – during which...

Art Pope’s indignation over NAACP-led pickets of his chain of discount stores is chuckle-worthy. The conservative firebrand has been a longtime ally of policies and initiatives designed to keep minorities and the poor powerless and voiceless –...

North Carolina has joined a national Republican initiative to engage African American voters. Though the state’s GOP African American Engagement Office has been up and running since September, it was formally opened in Charlotte on Oct. 21...

“Racial Taboo,” a documentary film that features many North Carolinians, was premiered earlier last month at Wilmington’s City Stage Theater. The site was significant; City Stage is a historically segregated theater built in 1914 in a building...

Two years ago last week, the state of Georgia ignored the facts, doubts and pleas of hundreds of thousands of people and killed Troy Anthony Davis. Today, on the anniversary of his execution, we rededicate ourselves to ending the immoral, biased...

Celebrity Chef Paula Deen lost her television show and millions of dollars in endorsements; Philadelphia Eagle Riley Cooper faced team disciplinary actions and the ire of his teammates; and the campaign of James Lee Knox, a Republican...

Voters were courted last Thursday evening as candidates for City Council stated their cases at a forum held at the Forsyth County Behavioral Health Plaza. Sponsored by the Winston-Salem Urban League, the Winston-Salem Branch of the NAACP and the...

The weekly Moral Monday rally at the General Assembly saw a swelling in attendance this week, courtesy of the latest repressive law passed by Republican lawmakers. In what was the legislative equivalent of a quarterback sneak, Republicans pushed...

On April 29, 17 dedicated activists were arrested for civil disobedience at the North Carolina General Assembly as they protested attacks on education, health care, voting rights and the poor. Six weeks and six “Moral Mondays” later, nearly 400...